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..^U:CBM...              GENSPRITE.     
             BY.           JOHN NABOROWS
KI...COMMODORE MAGAZINE.OCTOBER 1987... 
 GENSPRITE IS FULL OF USEFUL.FEATURES NO
T USUALLY FOUND IN OTHER.SPRITE GENERATO
RS.  IN ADDITION TO.LETTING YOU DESIGN S
PRITES, GENSPRITE.CAN SHOW WHAT A SPRITE
 LOOKS LIKE.WHILE IN MOTION.  KNOWING HO
W A.SPRITE WILL LOOK IN A PROGRAM LETS.Y
OU AVOID WASTING TIME FINE TUNING A.SPRI
TE THAT YOU'LL END UP DISCARDING.ANYWAY.
  GENSPRITE MAKES MODIFYING.SPRITES SIMP
LE AS WELL: CHANGING.SPRITE COLORS OR SH
APES IS AS EASY AS.CHOOSING A MENU OPTIO
N...  WHEN YOU RUN GENSPRITE, THE PROGRA
M.DISPLAYS A SPRITE DESIGN GRID.  USE.TH
E CURSOR KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR.AROUND 
THE SCREEN.  PRESSING "1" ADDS.A BLOCK T
O THE GRID; PRESSING "2".ERASES A BLOCK.
  WHEN YOU'VE FINISHED.A PRELIMINARY VER
SION OF THE SPRITE,.PRESS RETURN...  GEN
SPRITE'S MAIN MENU IS DISPLAYED.NEXT.  T
HE FIRST OPTIONS LET YOU.CHOOSE DIFFEREN
T WAYS TO MOVE THE.SPRITE.  OTHER OPTION
S SHOW WHAT TWO,.THREE, FOUR, OR FIVE CO
PIES OF THE.SPRITE LOOK LIKE TOGETHER...
  THE MODIFY OPTION SENDS YOU BACK TO.TH
E DESIGN GRID; THE EXPAND AND COLOR.OPTI
ONS CHANGE THE SIZE, SHAPE, AND.COLOR OF
 THE SPRITE.  WHEN YOU HAVE.THE SPRITE L
OOKING LIKE YOU WANT IT,.CHOOSING THE DA
TA OPTION DISPLAYS THE.SPRITE DATA THAT 
A PROGRAM NEEDS TO.HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT T
HE SPRITE.  THIS.OPTION ALLOWS YOU TO PR
INT THE SPRITE.DATA AS WELL...  THE REGI
STER MAP DIRECT CONTROL.OPTION LETS YOU 
"POKE" VALUES INTO.MEMORY HIGHER THAN 53
247. THIS IS.USEFUL FOR TURNING ON MULTI
-COLOR OR.CHANGING THE BACKGROUND COLOR 
FROM.WITHIN THE PROGRAM. JUST SUBTRACT.5
3248 FROM THE ADDRESS YOU WISH TO."POKE"
 AND USE THAT NUMBER WHEN THE."REGISTER 
(0-46)" PROMPT COMES UP..THEN, ENTER THE
 VALUE YOU'D LIKE THERE.WHEN THE "VALUE"
 PROMPT APPEARS...DISK FILES THIS PROGRA
M USES:..GENSPRITE          T.GENSPRITE.
.        **** END OF TEXT ****.

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